Term ends Dec 11, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Snap-on Incorporated
Filed Sep 23, 2024 as application 18/893,154 · Granted May 12, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018
Term ends
Dec 11, 2038
Dec 11, 2038
Granted
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
base term
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 11, 2018, when application 16/216,366, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 11, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 12,112,589 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,238,676 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,354,944 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2019/065649 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,469,339 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,293,616 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,626,546 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application 19/169,437 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2024 Reel 68681, frame 880 | Merg, Patrick S.; Brozovich, Roy S.; Foreman, Jacob G.; Kelley, Brett A. | Snap-on Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2026 Reel 75377, frame 784 | Merg, Patrick S.; Brozovich, Roy S.; Foreman, Jacob G.; Kelley, Brett A. | Snap-on Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Postal Code from 53141 to 53143 Previously Recorded on Reel 68681 Frame 880. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the New Assignment. |
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Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 11, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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